saxsom
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- May 6, 2011
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- Learn about ALS
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- IN
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- Indianapolis
I am worried about ALS. I am a 26 year old male and I have a neuro checkup scheduled, but I wanted to hear other's opinions. My GP and family think it is stress or BFS or conversion disorder, but I can't get this out of my mind.
Four years ago my ex broke up with me. I started shaking uncontrollably that night. Then I was fine about that until a year ago when I was afraid I'd lose my job.
About three years ago I had less libido then when I was a teenager. It seemed I was fine with my girlfriend except when I was obsessing over it. I finally stopped obsessing and it has been better since. My therapist said I have OCD.
One year ago my left eye started twitching. It twitches daily, I'm not sure what percent of the time. I wear contacts and drink coffee but stopping coffee doesn't seem to help. It seems to have gotten better the last few days maybe.
About a month ago, our close friends had marriage trouble and got divorced. After that, I got a little depressed. One night I drank some beers while my fiancee was out, maybe four. I then woke up in the middle of the night around 4am. Then I kept waking up at 4 for about a week. It got better for another week or two.
Then I had a sharp pain in my thigh when driving one day. I walked it off. A week later, I had a pinched nerve feeling in my right knee. It lasted a week or so and then went away, but I have slight cold or burning sensations in my feet, and once or twice in my face.
The cold/burning really started one day when I looked up reasons for pinched nerve feelings and saw MS.
Ever since then, I've had bad insomnia. Ambien doesn't help much. I had random twitching in different areas, mostly legs, but that has went away the last few days it seems. I don't feel like sleeping when I lay down, and I wake up at 4am constantly. I had cold sweats a few nights.
I haven't felt hungry since I self-diagnosed myself. I haven't been eating much. I have lost maybe 5 lbs over the last few weeks since this started. I had gained 5 lbs before that over several weeks, so I'm back to my old weight.
My thinking has been cloudy, maybe because I only get 0-5 hours of sleep, usually around 2 hours. I can't recall names well sometimes. I'm constipated, but that seemed to start after starting Lexapro.
My breathing is heavier. It may be stress. I was stressed last night and my heart beat was 94 bpm. Now my breathing is better, about 84 bpm. 75-85 is probably normal for me in the past. I can breathe in for about 10 seconds. I can't hold my breath too long.
I have a nervous laugh. I laugh sometimes when my fiancee cries. If she cries it is fine, but if she looks at me I get a nervous feeling. I thought maybe I had Aspergers which can cause that (I am also very introverted and talk in a monotone voice etc).
I feel clumsy and my muscles feel weak. My legs feel weaker. My arms get tired when holding my cell phone up, although I've had that as long as I can remember.
My symptoms feel better the last few days except insomnia and fatigue. I am self testing. I did a wall squat test and did it once for 40 seconds and then this morning for 53 seconds. I haven't been to the gym hardly this year and I have a desk job, IDK if that level is normal for me.
Four years ago my ex broke up with me. I started shaking uncontrollably that night. Then I was fine about that until a year ago when I was afraid I'd lose my job.
About three years ago I had less libido then when I was a teenager. It seemed I was fine with my girlfriend except when I was obsessing over it. I finally stopped obsessing and it has been better since. My therapist said I have OCD.
One year ago my left eye started twitching. It twitches daily, I'm not sure what percent of the time. I wear contacts and drink coffee but stopping coffee doesn't seem to help. It seems to have gotten better the last few days maybe.
About a month ago, our close friends had marriage trouble and got divorced. After that, I got a little depressed. One night I drank some beers while my fiancee was out, maybe four. I then woke up in the middle of the night around 4am. Then I kept waking up at 4 for about a week. It got better for another week or two.
Then I had a sharp pain in my thigh when driving one day. I walked it off. A week later, I had a pinched nerve feeling in my right knee. It lasted a week or so and then went away, but I have slight cold or burning sensations in my feet, and once or twice in my face.
The cold/burning really started one day when I looked up reasons for pinched nerve feelings and saw MS.
Ever since then, I've had bad insomnia. Ambien doesn't help much. I had random twitching in different areas, mostly legs, but that has went away the last few days it seems. I don't feel like sleeping when I lay down, and I wake up at 4am constantly. I had cold sweats a few nights.
I haven't felt hungry since I self-diagnosed myself. I haven't been eating much. I have lost maybe 5 lbs over the last few weeks since this started. I had gained 5 lbs before that over several weeks, so I'm back to my old weight.
My thinking has been cloudy, maybe because I only get 0-5 hours of sleep, usually around 2 hours. I can't recall names well sometimes. I'm constipated, but that seemed to start after starting Lexapro.
My breathing is heavier. It may be stress. I was stressed last night and my heart beat was 94 bpm. Now my breathing is better, about 84 bpm. 75-85 is probably normal for me in the past. I can breathe in for about 10 seconds. I can't hold my breath too long.
I have a nervous laugh. I laugh sometimes when my fiancee cries. If she cries it is fine, but if she looks at me I get a nervous feeling. I thought maybe I had Aspergers which can cause that (I am also very introverted and talk in a monotone voice etc).
I feel clumsy and my muscles feel weak. My legs feel weaker. My arms get tired when holding my cell phone up, although I've had that as long as I can remember.
My symptoms feel better the last few days except insomnia and fatigue. I am self testing. I did a wall squat test and did it once for 40 seconds and then this morning for 53 seconds. I haven't been to the gym hardly this year and I have a desk job, IDK if that level is normal for me.